Walter Payton, Jr. (August 23, 1942 – October 28, 2010) [1] was an American jazz bassist and sousaphonist. Payton was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. [1] . He played with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, [2] the French Market Jazz Hall Band [3] and the Young Tuxedo Brass Band, and led his own group called the Snap Bean Band.

Oct 29, 2010 · Walter Payton Jr., the genial bassist who anchored the Preservation Hall Jazz Band and shaped generations of public school students, died Thursday at Kindred Hospital-New Orleans following a...

Nov 16, 2010 · Walter Payton—New Orleans bassist and music educator—has passed away at the age of 68 on Thursday, October 28, after a long illness. A native of the city, Payton taught for twenty-five years in the public school system of New Orleans where he influenced generations of young musicians, including his son, Grammy Award-winning trumpeter ...

Nov 5, 2010 · Walter Payton Jr., the genial bassist who anchored the Preservation Hall Jazz Band and shaped generations of public school students, died Thursday at Kindred Hospital-New Orleans following a lengthy illness.

Oct 28, 2010 · Jazz Musician. A bassist, his first instrument of choice was a sousaphone while a child; he would switch to the base after watching a concert by James Moody and Ellis Marsalis' New Orleans Jazz Quintet in 1958. Payton was educated at Xavier University, earning a degree in Music, while establishing himself as a...

Oct 28, 2010 · Walter Payton, Jr. (August 23, 1942 – October 28, 2010) was an American jazz bassist and sousaphonist. Walter Payton in 2008. Payton was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. …

Oct 29, 2010 · Famed New Orleans bassist Walter Payton Jr. passed away October 28 following a longtime illness. Payton, who is father to trumpeter Nicholas Payton, suffered a stroke early this year while on the road with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, with whom he had been working with since as early as 1965.

Preservation Hall Director Ben Jaffe today wrote his recollections of the late bassist Walter Payton, who passed away yesterday: Walt’s been a part of my as long as I can remember. I started studying music with him at McDonogh 15 when I was in pre-school.

Walter Payton is a jazz bassist and sousaphonist from New Orleans, Louisiana. He has played with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band and the Young Tuxedo Brass Band, and leads his own group called the Snap Bean Band.

Walter Payton, Jr. was an American jazz bassist and sousaphonist. Payton was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. He played with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, the French Market Jazz Hall Band and the Young Tuxedo Brass Band, and led his own group called the Snap Bean Band.